La Danzonera Santiaguera played on Parque Cespedes in Santiago de Cuba

La Danzonera Santiaguera gave a concert in the

open air on Parque Céspedes

Cuban organ "Ritmo Oriental" we saw in Guardalavaca

I thought a street organ was something typical Dutch but in Guardalavaca we saw this Cuban organ in Hotel Brisas

I immediately became cheerful of this music

Lunch on Cayo Saetia with Cuban music and stunning view

The only restaurant on Cayo Saetia has a great view of the Bahia de Nipe

The food tasted good and was accompanied by a Cuban band

A restaurant to remember

A private concert in Santiago de Cuba

We sat on a bench at Plaza Dolores in Santiago de Cuba

when we suddenly got a private concert

In the movie you hear one song

La Voz De Santiago De Cuba in Casa del Trova in Santiago de Cuba

On Heridia 206 in Santiago de Cuba you will find the famous en

oldest music home Casa de la Trova

It`s the oldest Casa de la Trova of Cuba and exists since 1960

Here the masters of the son have played like Compay Segundo

and Eliades Ochoa

Throughout the day you can enjoy the delicious Cuban Music

and swinging Cubans like in my video

Casa de la Trova in Santiago de Cuba is the oldest Casa de la Trova of Cuba

On Heridia 206 in Santiago de Cuba you will find the famous music home

Casa de la Trova

It is the oldest Casa de la Trova of Cuba and exists since 1960

Here the masters of the son have played like

Compay Segundo and Eliades Ochoa

Throughout the day you can enjoy the delicious Cuban music

and swinging Cubans

Before the establishment bacame "Casa de la Trova" it belonged to the musician Virgilio Palay

In the evening several singers came from the city here together to drink

In the room are posters of Cuban musicians

In the bar hang pictures of big stars who performed here or still play

In the evening well-known soloists and groups give a concert

We have visited the grave of Compay Segundo in Santiago de Cuba

We have visited the Graveyard "Cementerio Santa Ifigenia" in Santiago de Cuba where the musician and composer

Campay Segundo is buried

He was born in Santiago de Cuba on 18-11-1907 as

Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz and died on 14-7-2003 in Havana

He is well known to lovers of Cuban music

His first engagement was in the Municipal Band of Santiago de Cuba, directed by his teacher, Enrique Bueno

After a spell in a quintet he moved to Havana in 1934, where he also played in the Municipal Band, on the clarinet

He also learned to play the guitar and the tres: these became his usual instruments

Compay Segundo was also the inventor of the armónico, a seven-stringed guitar-like instrument, created to eliminate a harmonic jump in the Spanish guitar and the tres

Segundo's most famous composition is Chan Chan, the opening track on the Buena Vista Social Club album, whose four opening chords are instantly recognizable all over the World

Chan Chan was recorded by Segundo himself various times as well as by countless other Latin artists

Other compositions are Saradonga, La calabaza, Hey caramba, Macusa, Saludo Compay

These differentiates him from the more usual trova musicians, with their devotion to the bolero

His stage name comes from "Los Compadres" a duo consisting of him and Lorenzo Hierrezuelo where he always sang the second voice (segundo = second)

The real fame came in 1977 with the release of the album Buena Vista Social Club that several Grammy Awards won

Compay Segundo also appeared in the film of the same title that was made by Wim Wenders

Compay predicted that he would be 115 years old but died at the age of 95 years due to kidney problems

Palacio de la Familia Pedroso exists since 1780 in Havana

In Havana Vieja you find "Palacio de la Familia Pedroso" that exists since 1780

You can listening to Cuban music on the courtyard and enjoy dancing Cubans

Cheerful parade on stilts in the old town of Havana

Everywhere in Havana you hear Cuban music

In Calle Mercaderes we saw this parade

Cheerful music and colorfully dressed Cubans

In my video you can see the street sweeper with a broom in her hand

merrily swinging

Concert of Buena Vista Social Club in Cuba

We love the Buena Vista Social Club music

During our tour in western Cuba we could by

tickets for a concert

That same evening we saw the concert of Buena Vista Social Club in their own country and it was an experience

They played in a small room for about 300 people and they were right in front of me

What a party, what a sound, swinging musicians playing with passion

All those songs I had listened for years suddenly LIVE!

Every time I listen now to their music I'm back again in Cuba

Unfortunately, most of my photos failed

Everywhere you hear the cheerful Cuban music

Everywhere in Cuba from East to West you hear the cheerful Cuban music in the street, terrace or from the houses

If you eat at a restaurant there is always a band present

Sometimes there is even a band in the hotel for musical accompaniment during breakfast

I become always very happy of this music and it never bores me